Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-08-18
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Keokuk Democrat Office, died Aug. 3
from the effects of injuries received the
day before. Whitworth was standing at
a case opposite the central window setting
type and his body swung outside before
any one in the room noticed the fall
Several printers rushed to the window,
tut were unable to secure hold on
Whitworths body, which struck thew
.haped sign in its descent to the pave.
nent. Whitworth was picked up in an
unconscious condition. 1t is presumed
that the unfortunate printer was seized
with fainting spell, to which he was
subject, and losing control of the body
fell through the window.
A farmer hitched S400 horse to one
of the iron hitching posts on the streets
OF Davenport and the animal so hurt itself
that it died in a few days There have
been many such complaints before and it.
is conceded that the posts are dangerous.
At the reunion of the First Iowa at
Muscatine more than 100 survivors were
present. now residents of the State.
A 14.year-old boy at Dubuque languishes
in the calbaoose for stealing from gentle
mans vest pocket 800 watch.
The Atlantic canning factory is now
employing $50 persons and putting up
so, 900 cans per day.
Lena Grail, aged 10, daughter Of B
Grail, hardware merchant at Council
Bluffs, was fatally burned Aug. 10, by an
explosion of gasoline. She filled up the
reservoir of the gasoline stove and left
the five gallon can setting by the side and
lighted the StoYc to heat water to scrub
the kitchen floor. Not being able to re.
move some grease stains she poured a
large quantity of gasoline on the floor
and used IL to scrub with. In few mo-
ments the explosion occurred. The large
can burst and was followed by the explo-
sion of the tank on the stoye and the
room was filed with flames. The girls
clothing was entirely burned off. She
was very pretty girl with long hair that
reached almost to the floor. Every vestige
Of this was burned off excepting small
tuft at the back of her neck. The poor
girl was frightfully and fatally burned
and will die, the larger part of the BODY
being blistered.
The Iowa hotel keepers, in convention
at Sioux City, decided to hold their next
annual meeting in Des Moincs.
Ilr ii A e
the University, will delivered an address
on August 25th before the Teachers,
Institute at Vinton, and will probably
attend other educational meetings in the
State.
f. A. Brewster, of the Creston Adver-
tiser, and P. S. Rickham, young Lawyer
Of Creston, had a very interesting and
exciting fist encounter on the streets
days ago. The editor paid his fine, but
the legal light will have trial later.
Jesse Spry, of Cedar Rapids. aged 8
years, was shot accidentally in the left
lung Aug. IL, by companion. The ball
passed through the hand of the latter
and then struck Spry. Tho wound is
fatal
The Creston Independent charges that
the state supreme court is practically an
annex to the railroads. As specimen of
the hairsplitting decisions of the court
in favor of the corporations, the case of
Babcock VS.. the Chicago & Northwestern
appealed from Story county, is cited.
The plaintiff brought suit against the
railroad company for the value of prop
erty destroyed by fire set out by an en-
CINE and recovered judgment in the cir
cult court. From this judgment the rail
road company appealed to the supreme
court and,by some mischance the supreme
court affirmed the judgment This decis-
ion, it seems. was such surprise to the
attorneys of the company that they were
confident that there must be some mis-
take about it, and they applied to the
court for re-hearing. They pointed
out 20 the court that the fire was alleged
to have been started by the careless and
negligent use of the engine by the fireman
and engineer, and the trial court had in
structed the jury that the company was
guilty of negligence and might become
liable by 'the employment of an unskill-
full or careless engineer and fireman"
This the court admitted they had not
noticed before, but they concluded that
it is very plain that the allegation of meg
ligent and careless engineer and fireman"
is not sustained by proof that the fireman
and engineer were careless or unskillful'
so they reverse their former decision and
gave it to the company. ~.s..
Three men entered the livery barn of
Charles Deem, at Rockford, and their
presence in the barn awoke the hired
man, who sprang up, seized a chair and
knocked one of the men down. He then
tackled the other two and finally drove
them out of the barn. In the struggle he
received stab from one of the men, but
the buckle of his suspender prevented in
jury, Evidently they intended to break
into the safe. They made good their
escape.
Prophet Foster, of Burlington. believes
that the period from August 81 to 81
covers a number of minor storm disturb.
ances. He thinks September, like July,
will be very stormy and the heaviest of
the storms will occur within three or four
days before or after the 10th. These
heavy storms are expected to affect Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. The
dates. within twenty four hours of which.
the storms of September are expected to
cross the Mississippi are the I'd, 4th, 9Th,
18th, 18th, 10Th and 25th. The storms of
the 18th and 10th are expected to be I'M
usually severe. and to be accompanied by
very warm weather, those Of the 4th and
9th to be followed by cool waves
The TT, Dodge Chronicle OF a recent
date contains the following: On last Sat-
day one of the largest real estate transac-
tons that has ever taken place in the